After his new victory at the All-Star Game, LeBron continues to receive a shower of compliments within the NBA community. But according to a famous analyst, the King would no longer place himself as the main representative of the league!
If some still doubted his popularity rating with fans, the All-Star Game allowed them to get their ideas straight. Most Popular Player in the Western Conference, LeBron James was once again retained as team captain for the famous meeting. The warm welcome given to him by Cleveland for the occasion also made it possible to erase the few suspicions of resentment which hovered around the local fans.
At 37, the King is also busy remembering that he still has the level to be part of this elite cast. With his averages of 29.1 points, 7.9 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game, he is once again the Lakers’ No. 1 weapon, and one of the best players in the NBA. What to keep the league face tag? Not necessarily for some, despite all these elements that could suggest it!
For Smith, the aura of Steph Curry exceeds that of LeBron
At the end of the ASG, in which LeBron nevertheless shone by registering the game-winner, Stephen A. Smith preferred him Stephen Curry on the set of First Take!
I believe the face of the league is Steph Curry. And almost by default! He wins, while LeBron, no! That’s really what it boils down to for me.
Indeed, for the famous ESPN journalist, collective performances play an important role in the attribution of this status. And in this little game, it’s clearly the Chef who dominates his weekend teammate!
If you will, LeBron is the face of the league thanks to what he does off the court. But I speak well of what happens on the floor. And Steph Curry offers just as much spectacle. And even if LeBron offers some and deserves a huge recognition for it, the Lakers are in the tough, while Steph Curry wins!
The logic of the classification would therefore take precedence over that of the pure rating of sympathy, to the detriment of LeBron. To support his point, SAS also argues that the younger generation will more often recognize themselves in the leader of Golden State, than in the leader of the Lakers!
The kids on the local field know they can’t become LeBron, a six-foot-tall, 250-pound, extremely athletic and powerful powerhouse. Whereas with Steph Curry, you can say to yourself, “I can shoot, I could look like him!” “. And other than that, he’s incredibly likeable, he’s class personified, he can shoot from the parking lot, he’s the best shooter in history, and he wins. So right now, I think that makes him the face of the league.
A long demonstration, which unfortunately will not allow him to get everyone to agree on this point!
Weighed down by the pale health of the Lakers, LeBron James would therefore have unwittingly ceded his crown of King of the NBA to Steph Curry according to Stephen A. Smith. There is no doubt that he will seek to recover it by chaining victories in the weeks to come!
